Should You Tell Clients You Work from Home? (BusinessWeek)
It's a tricky issue. Carefully weighing the ethical and practical considerations can make or break your home-based business
Home-Based Customer Service Agents Save Average of $24,000 per Year on Commuting Costs; Helping Both the Environment ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sending customer service agents home through homeshoring can result in individual savings of approximately $24,000/year in commuting costs alone, according to research conducted by VIPdesk, the pioneer of home-based call centers and concierge services.
Happy to help at home, Hewitt looks for big things in the future (Crookston Daily Times)
When she left the safe confines of her family's sprawling northwestern Minnesota horse ranch for the big city more than a year ago, Ashlee Hewitt was known in local circles for her musical talents as part of the Hewitt Sisters act. She returned home Wednesday a big star.
Rental market surging as home sales, prices fall (Baltimore Examiner)
As home prices continue to drop, would-be buyers are waiting on the sideline, and local real estate watchers said many are waiting in rental properties.
Amid scams, some do find work at home (Seattle Times)
As gasoline prices soar and joblessness mounts, the nonstop stream of e-mail I get from readers wanting to work from home is rising, too...
Class shows locals ins, outs of owning a business (The Hillsdale Daily News)
A Jackson-based class on small businesses attracted 14 potential entrepreneurs on Tuesday evening, ranging from a landscaper to a real estate appraiser to a hopeful truck stop owner.